Species: Varicus adamsi, Twilight Goby
body - 4 yellow bars
fins white + black edges

Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016
Twilight Goby
Body short, robust; head without pores; both nostrils tubular; a groove across top of front lip; teeth small, conical; gill opening restricted to length of pectoral fin base; gill membranes with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (none elongate) + I, 9; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8; pectoral fin 18, rays 13-14 longer than others; pelvic fins I, 5, completely separate, no membrane between 5th rays, no front frenum between spines, rays 1-4 branch several times, branch tips of each ray unit to form a flattened spatulate pad, 4th ray longest, 5th ray ¼ length of 4th ray, unbranched, fins long, extend to anus; body with rough scales from tail base to under pectoral, 6-7 rearmost scales greatly enlarged, 21-24 lateral scales; base of tail fin with 2 large, rough scales; no lateral line.
Head and body white; head with tip of snout yellow, with 3 thin, vertical orange-yellow bars, 1 under eye, one from nape down edge of preoperculum the last from nape down just behind rear edge of operculum; iris orange-yellow; body with 4 narrow orange-yellow bars from top to bottom profile: under 1st dorsal, bars 2 & 3 under 2nd dorsal, last bar on caudal peduncle; dorsal fins white, with black edges; caudal fin with grey base, rear of fin white, entire border black; anal fin white with black border; pectoral fin with white rays, elongate rear tip broadly black. Female with less black on dorsal and tail fins, none on anal or pectorals.
Reaches at least 8 cm
Rocky, sandy bottoms
Depth range 165-435 m
The Bahamas to Tobago.

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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Inshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8
- Depth Range Min
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- 165
- Depth Range Max
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- 435